Likewise Matthew Hughes did what he had to do in the main event of the evening, the 3,000m steeplechase; he won with a big kick finishing in approximately 20 seconds slower off of his personal best. Alex Genest, Taylor Milne and Chris Winter finished in that order. Canada is strong in the steeple at this time.

For the women’s 1500m event, the below athletes have qualified to move on to the next round. As indicated by the times, the races were tactical. Second place finisher in the first round with the third fastest time on the day Nicole Sifuentes was likely content to run fast enough to qualify, as she is one day removed from winning the 5,000m final.

Sheila Reid is on the comeback from a long stretch of injury, although the race was tactical therefore a slow time, she did win.

The men’s race was no different, with veteran talent holding themselves off to be fresh in the final. Like Sifuentes, Levins ran fast enough to qualify to move on, while Nate Brannen with his veteran savvy held back and ran just 3:56.35, more than 22 seconds slower than his personal best.

Saturday is a big day at the track in Edmonton with finals happening in no less than 42 different events including the women’s 100m hurdles as the final event of the evening, as it should be – Canada is rich in women’s hurdle talent. While watching on AthleticsCanada.tv, listen to Canada’s all-time greatest hurdler, Perdita Felicien.